flickr

Flickr Presented By:
Deanna, Cordell, Joshua


What is Flickr?

Flickr is an image and video hosting website,web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. Flickr is a free, ad supported site. Anyone can see the photos.


Ownership and Development

• Flickr was developed by Ludicorp, a Vancouver-based company that launched Flickr in February 2004.
• Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake are the founders of Flickr.
• Yahoo owns Flickr
• Flickr was created unintentionally by engineers
• Originated from an online multi-player game

Facts

• As of November 2008, it claims to host more than 3 billion images.
• Flickr's traffic grew 448% to 3.4 million from December 2004 to December 2005, according to Internet measurement firm Nielsen/NetRatings. In the nearly 12 months since Yahoo purchased it, the site went from 250,000 registered users to more than 2 million.
• Flickr only has a few true competitors, the only major ones are called Zoomr, Riya, Tabblo.

Flickr suggests in addition to submitting a photo, help organize images by using tags. This allows searchers to find images related to particular topics, such as places or subject matter.



Fun Activities to do with your Flickr Photos:


Flickr allows you to print and frame photos.
Make calendars, posters and books.
Make mini business cards and stickers.
Make custom cards and stationery.